North Carolina Video Poker Bust
North Carolina has not been video poker friendly for some years, and a recent bust in the southern state’s mountains closed an underground casino. Two million dollars were stashed in a man’s house, where players were winning cash prizes up to $90. State law says that the most a video poker player can win is $10, and in merchandise, not cash…
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Poker argot:
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
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